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Vidya Balan's remarkable acting and on-screen presence have helped her establish herself in the film industry. She has produced successful movies over the years, including Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Kahaani, Parineeta, and Bhool Bhulaiyaa. However, the path to fame wasn't all easy. The actress talked candidly about her difficult years while taking a journey down memory lane. 

Vidya Balan recounted her early years when she was given the opportunity to work on the Mohanlal movie Chakram. Speaking to Rodrigo Canelas on his YouTube channel Something Bigger, she stated that no one wanted to collaborate with her because they would assume it was her enthusiasm that led to the movie being shelved. Vidya disclosed that she used to weep herself to sleep every night after being referred to as 'jinxed.'

Vidya Balan said, "I started the film, the shoot went off well and after 15 days, they sent me back to Bombay. We did a scene, and they said schedule wrap and we were supposed to shoot the whole film at once. They said, Mohanlal sir had some date problems so we'll take a pause and come back next month. The director and Mohanlal were having problems and so we were not shooting for most of the days, so I thought this is how it's supposed to be. So I came back to Bombay happy."

 
 
 
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Vidya Balan revealed that by the time she arrived in Mumbai, rumours had already begun to circulate that a South Indian actor was working on a Malayalam movie at a time when the majority of South actresses were Punjabis. She claimed that she received numerous offers as a result.

"I was thinking to myself, I was a star. Little did I know that this Mohanlal movie Chakram got shelved. After it was shelved, I lost each of those 8, 9 films I was offered. They thought the actor and director had delivered 8 hits together, and they were doing their 9th film. So they said maybe it is the energy of this girl, and she is jinxed. It was a crazy time. It was a frustrating period. My parents began to pray that just one film would work out for her. They could see the kind of rejection and frustration I was facing. I would go to bed crying, but I didn't lose hope,: she shared.

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Later, in 2005, Vidya debuted with Parineeta, receiving praise from critics for her performance. She made a name for herself in the business and appeared in a number of successful movies over the years. Vidya's most recent appearance was in the highly successful box office film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.